Fantasy author (1948-2015). A Knight Bachelor (i.e. Sir Terry Pratchett OBE), he’s been described as the most shoplifted author in Britain (belying an American critic who once claimed that he hadn’t found his audience).
A person is considered apostate if he or she converts from Islam to another religion. A person is an apostate even if he or she believes in most of Islam, but denies one or more of its principles or precepts, both verbally or in writing.